Sacking one coach did not stop Bayer Leverkusen's decline and last year's runners up go into their penultimate league match of the season against TSV 1860 Munich on Saturday (11:30pm AEST) with relegation beckoning.

Sacking one coach did not stop Bayer Leverkusen's decline and last year's runners up go into their penultimate league match of the season against TSV 1860 Munich on Saturday (11:30pm AEST) with relegation beckoning.

With the main storyline in this season's Bundesliga already wrapped up, Bayern Munich having safely lifted their 18th championship, the main interest for German football followers this weekend centres on the sub plot of Bayer Leverkusen's relegation struggle.

With the main storyline in this season's Bundesliga already wrapped up, Bayern Munich having safely lifted their 18th championship, the main interest for German football followers this weekend centres on the sub plot of Bayer Leverkusen's relegation struggle.